# 贖

| 贖 | U+8D16, &#36118; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8D16 |
| ← 贕 [U+8D15] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 贗 → [U+8D17] |

## Translingual

| Traditional | 贖 |
| Shinjitai (extended) | ⿰貝売 |
| Simplified | 赎 |

### Han character

贖 (Kangxi radical 154, 貝+15, 22 strokes, cangjie input 月金土田金 (BCGWC), four-corner 6488$_6$, composition ⿰貝賣)
* buy, redeem
* ransom
* atone for

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1213, character 8
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36970
* Dae Jaweon: page 1679, character 24
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3660, character 10
* Unihan data for U+8D16

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 贖 :
| Western Zhou | Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Bronze inscriptions | Qin slip script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 竇 | *l'oːɡs |
| 續 | *ljoɡs, *ljoɡ |
| 覿 | *l'juːɡ |
| 黷 | *l'oːɡ |
| 讟 | *l'oːɡ |
| 殰 | *l'oːɡ |
| 讀 | *l'oːɡ |
| 櫝 | *l'oːɡ |
| 牘 | *l'oːɡ |
| 儥 | *l'oːɡ |
| 贕 | *l'oːɡ |
| 皾 | *l'oːɡ |
| 瓄 | *l'oːɡ |
| 瀆 | *l'oːɡ |
| 豄 | *l'oːɡ |
| 韇 | *l'oːɡ |
| 嬻 | *l'oːɡ |
| 犢 | *l'oːɡ |
| 匵 | *l'oːɡ |
| 藚 | *ljoɡ |
| 襩 | *ɦljoɡ |
| 贖 | *ɦljoɡ |
| 𧶠 | *luɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɦljoɡ) : semantic 貝 (“shell”) + phonetic 𧶠 (OC *luɡ); the phonetic was originally 𧷏 and has later become graphically similar to the unrelated 賣.

### Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b-lu-t-s (“to ransom; to buy off”); compare Tibetan བླུ (blu) (STEDT; Schuessler, 2007).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shú (shu$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): suk$^6$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): su̍k
    (Hailu, HRS): sug$^ˋ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): sug$^6$
* Eastern Min (BUC): sṳ̆k
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): soeh$^7$ / syeh$^7$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): sio̍k
    (Teochew, Peng'im): sog$^8$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shú
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shú
*** Wade–Giles: shu$^2$
*** Yale: shú
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shwu
*** Palladius: шу (šu)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂu³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: suk$^6$
*** Yale: suhk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: suk$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sug$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /sʊk̚²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: su̍k
*** Hakka Romanization System: sug
*** Hagfa Pinyim: sug$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /suk̚⁵/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: sug$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /suk²/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: sug$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /sʊk̚⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: sṳ̆k
*** Sinological IPA : /syʔ⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: soeh$^7$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬœʔ⁴/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: syeh$^7$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬyøʔ²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sio̍k
*** Tâi-lô: sio̍k
*** Phofsit Daibuun: siok
*** IPA (Xiamen): /siɔk̚⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /siɔk̚²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɔk̚¹²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /siɔk̚⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɔk̚⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: sog$^8$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: so̍k
*** Sinological IPA : /sok̚⁴/
* Middle Chinese: zyowk
Rime :
| Character | 贖 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 船 (27) |
| Final (韻) | 燭 (8) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 神蜀切 |
| Baxter | zyowk |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʑɨok̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʑiok̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ʑiok̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʑuawk̚/ |
| Li Rong | /d͡ʑiok̚/ |
| Wang Li | /d͡ʑĭwok̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /d͡ʑʰi̯wok̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | shú |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | suk$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*Cə.lok/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɦljoɡ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 贖 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | shú |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ zyowk › |
| Old Chinese | /*Cə.lok/ |
| English | redeem |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 贖 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 16056 |
| Phonetic component | 𧶠 |
| Rime group | 屋 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 贖 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɦljoɡ/ |

### Definitions

贖
* to redeem
* to ransom

### Compounds

* 以功贖罪 / 以功赎罪
* 勒贖 / 勒赎 (lèshú)
* 回贖 / 回赎 (huíshú)
* 將功贖罪 / 将功赎罪
* 擄人勒贖 / 掳人勒赎
* 救贖 / 救赎 (jiùshú)
* 百身何贖 / 百身何赎
* 百身莫贖 / 百身莫赎
* 立功贖罪 / 立功赎罪
* 納贖 / 纳赎
* 罰贖 / 罚赎
* 自贖 / 自赎
* 贖典 / 赎典
* 贖刑 / 赎刑
* 贖命 / 赎命
* 贖回 / 赎回 (shúhuí)
* 贖款 / 赎款 (shúkuǎn)
* 贖當 / 赎当 (shúdàng)
* 贖罪 / 赎罪 (shúzuì)
* 贖藥 / 赎药
* 贖身 / 赎身 (shúshēn)
* 贖金 / 赎金 (shújīn)

## Japanese

| Shinjitai (extended) | ⿰貝売 |
| Kyūjitai | 贖 |

### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form ⿰貝売)
* atonement

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): しょく (shoku)
* Kun: あがなう (aganau, 贖う)

## Korean
### Hanja

贖 • (sok) (hangeul 속, revised sok, McCune–Reischauer sok, Yale sok)
* washing away your sin, 속죄하다
* clearing your debt by offering money, wealth or effort, 속바치다